Softcover. California, Los Angeles County Museum ofArt, 1st, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 255 pages, soft cover with French flap. 190 color and 275 B&W Illustrations throughout. A catalog of the Palevsky/Evans Collection and related works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Edge wear to jacket and spine, otherwise tight and neat copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1993, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 159 pages. 99 illustrations, including 45 plates in full color. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Red pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Beautiful copy. Like new.
Hardcover. New York, Hudson Hills Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 254 pages. 21 b&w illustrations and 105 plates in full color. Presents 105 paintings by 89 artists, including such masterpieces as John Vanderlyn's "Caius Marius amid the Ruins of Cartage", John Singer Sargent's "A Dinner Table at Night" and Frederic Edwin Church's "Rainy Season in the Tropics". Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Copy in mint condition. Look brand new.
Softcover. Washington City, 1st, November 17, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 342 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light edge wear to wrappers. Spine faded. Price sticker on rear cover, else a clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Purchase, NY, Neuberger Museum, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 83 pages. 43 works by 33 artists. Eight-page essay on the collection by William H. Gerdts. B&W illustrations throughout. Overall tight and clean copy.
Hardcover. New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 272 pages. 445 illustrations including 52 plates in full color. Catalogue of Watercolors from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Red cloth. Nice, very well preserved copy in mint condition with tight binding. Looks brand new.
Paperback. New York , National Academy of Design, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, From the Paul Magriel Collection. Cover has minor wear to edges. Inside is bright and clean, with many b&w illustrations throughout.
Hardcover. New York, The Viking Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Cream cloth with gilt letters. Pictorial dust jacket with some sun-fading to spine, minor edge wear. Price clipped. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1975, 210 pages. Foreword by Marvin Sadek. 64 Color plates, 160 B/W illustrations. Very clean, dust jacket scuffed, worn on edges.
Softcover. Norfolk, Virginia, The Chrysler Museum, 1st, 1980, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 116 page catalog from October 17-November 30, 1980, exhibition. Numerous black and white illustrations and 7 color plates. Beautiful color cover featuring "Coffee," by Richard Diebenkorn.
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 540 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of tanning. Cover boards bound in blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Pages clean, binding tight, spine straight. In very good shape. Investigates the business and art of the American film in the 1970s, comments on the decade's most interesting writers, directors, producers, actors, and actresses, and suggests ways to restructure the movie industry to insure financial and artistic independence.
Hardcover. New York , Pantheon, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 193 pages, 183 illustrations, including four tipped-in color plates. Early pictorial study of previously neglected folk Americana, including ship figureheads, weathervanes, cigar-store figures, trade signs, circus and carousel carvings, toys, decoys, and garden sculpture. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, Inc., Reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 193 pages with 183 black and white illustrations. Photographs in good condition. Color illustrations on inside of front and back covers. Slight wear around edges of covers and slight delamination on front and back.
Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., na, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Comprehensive guide to American folk art and artists. Features biographical profiles of over 100 artists, each entry accompanied by color illustrations of their work, most full or double-page. 342 pages. Dust jacket and cloth bound book are in near fine condition, pages numbers written in ink by a previous owner inside the cover.
Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc , 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 244 pages. 86 color illustrations and 146 b&w. Gilt titles on spine. Includes extensive bibliography. Edge wear to dust jacket and soiling to several pages, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum, 1st, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 108 pages. Exhibition catalog compiled by Richard B. Woodward. White covers with color illustration and black titles to front, perfect binding, foreword by R. Peter Mooz, introduction by Mary Black, 51 full-page color plates with accompanying descriptions. 10 different article clippings from various newspapers and magazines regarding exhibition. Light rubbing to covers, front cover just barely separated from first page due to cheap binding adhesive used; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.
New York, NY, Bramhall House, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 86 color plates, 146 B&W illustrations. pictorial paper dust jacket with wear to corners, spine, and edges. Wear to back cover. Red board, orange spine. Previous owner signature and date on front flyleaf. Spotting to top edge. Overall, a clean, nice copy.
Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 392 pages. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Some shelf-wear, edge-wear, creasing, and closed tears to dust jacket, particularly around spine. A little tape on back of dust jacket. Now protected by clear, plastic cover. Minor tanning along top edge of flaps. Nice, unmarked copy.
Dayton OH, Girl Scouts Inc., 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10 separate issues, each 50 pages. Wonderful articles, fiction, ads, news of girl scout activities of the period. B&W photos and illustrations. This group features a profile of Juliette Low (founder of Girl Scouting) in three parts, articles by Helen Creighton on folk ballads, others on Helen Hayes, vegetable puppets, bicycling, Hollywood studios, careers in libraries, gardening, etc. Many ads and editorial on Girl Scouts, camp activities, uniforms. Mostly very good with some chipping, dog ears. Mailing label on covers.
Dayton OH, Girl Scouts Inc., 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 11 separate issues, each 50 pages. Wonderful articles, fiction, ads, news of girl scout activities of the period. B&W photos and illustrations. This group features profiles of Bonita Granville and Deanna Durbin, articles on the NY World's Fair, careers in radio, "Can Girls be Lawyers?", others on pets, hair-dos, decorating your room, etc. Many ads and editorial on Girl Scouts, camp activities, uniforms. A back cover ad on the newly released Wizard of Oz. Mostly very good with some chipping, dog ears. Mailing label on covers.
Dayton OH, Girl Scouts Inc., 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10 separate issues, each 50 pages. Wonderful articles, fiction, ads, news of girl scout activities of that period. B&W photos and illustrations.This group features Winter Cottage by Carol Ryrie Brink (Illust. By Fritz Eichenberg), articles by Alan Lomax on folk music, others on Mickey Rooney, baking pies, horseback riding, dog stars of the movies, gardening, etc. Many ads and editorial on Girl Scouts, camp activities, uniforms. Mostly very good with some chipping, dog ears. Mailing label on covers.
Softcover. Giverny, Musee d'Art Americain, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 109 pages. Softcover. Text in French and English. Small museum stamp at top right corner of front endpaper. Full color illustrations. Degree of fading to spine. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1st, 2005, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 215 pages, illustrations in color and b&w. A study of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" painting. Beige cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Minor edgewear to jacket, else like new.
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